Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragement]: Female saint (Agnes?) with a page

Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragement]: Female saint (Agnes?) with a page

Titles

Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragement]: Female saint (Agnes?) with a page

[cda 2014]

Glorification of the Virgin, fragments of an altarpiece

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 135-138]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Peter Klein, report 2008]

'Fragment of a former altarpiece from the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague created about 1520-1522 with workshop assistance. [...] According to Pesina the altarpiece was originally a triptych; with an 'Assumption of the Virgin crowned by Two Angels' on the central panel (the large fragment preserved in Prague is

'Fragment of a former altarpiece from the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague created about 1520-1522 with workshop assistance. [...] According to Pesina the altarpiece was originally a triptych; with an 'Assumption of the Virgin crowned by Two Angels' on the central panel (the large fragment preserved in Prague is the lower part of this image), and the wing panels each depicted a pair of female saints (the fragment in Karlsruhe on the left, and the one in Aschaffenburg and the smaller fragment in Prague on the right). The exterior of the wing panels depicted the 'Annunciation of the Virgin'. According to Altgraf Salm and G. Goldberg (Cat. Aschaffenburg 1964) the subject of the altarpiece is more likely to be the Glorification of the Virgin and the intercession of the saints; evidently the invocations on the tablets each begin with a word, which evokes the depicted saint's name. [...]

Top right: part of a cloud formation with cherubs' heads. [...]

Reverse: fragment of an annunciation scene with the Virgin facing right'

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)
Lucas Cranach the Elder (Workshop)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 182, No. 87]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 55, 57]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 7d]

Lucas Cranach the Elder (Workshop)

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 137]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

Albrecht Dürer

Schloss Rastatt (Inventory from 1772, fol. 200: '1 Gemähld auf Holz mit goldnem grund, worauf ein Weibs-Persohn mit einer Schrift in der Hand, Nr. 11 von Albrecht Dürer.' (1 painting on wood and gilded depicting a female with a manuscript in her hand, No. 11 by Albrecht Dürer)
[Kircher 1955, 222][1]
[1][Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Production dates
about 1520 - 1522
after 1515

Production dates

about 1520 - 1522

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 137]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 55, 57]

after 1515

[Chamonikola, Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 10]

about 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 7d] [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 182, No. 87]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55.5 x 43 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55.5 x 43 cm (fragment)

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 137]

  • [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

'Agni sponsa . virginu (m)
corona . ab astu demonis.
calore que noxio . castas sp (= semper)
tuere …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'Agni sponsa . virginu (m)

  • corona . ab astu demonis.

  • calore que noxio . castas sp (= semper)

  • tuere mentis .'

  • [Görres, CDA 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0118
FR (1978) Nr.
FR137
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0118/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel]
  • Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel], about 1520
  • CZ_NGP_O17435
  • Painting
  • Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Prague Altarpiece [central panel, fragment]: St Catherine and St Barbara with fragments of the figures of St Dorothea and St Margaret
  • Prague Altarpiece [central panel, fragment]: St Catherine and St Barbara with fragments of the figures of St Dorothea and St Margaret, about 1520
  • CZ_OPH_HS266
  • Painting
  • Obrazárna Pražského hradu (Prague Castle Picture Gallery)
Prague Altarpiece [central panel, fragment]: St Margaret
  • Prague Altarpiece [central panel, fragment]: St Margaret, shortly after 1520
  • DE_BStGS_1428
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragment]: Female Saint (Apollonia?)
  • Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragment]: Female Saint (Apollonia?), about 1520-1525
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P160
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

  • fragment of an altarpiece from the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague, probably in the Lady Chapel
    [Sronek, Hornickova 2010]
  • 1619/20 the altarpiece was destroyed by calvinists under the leadership of Elctor Friedrich V. of the Pfalz
    [Pesina 1962, under No. 54][1]
  • Prague, Picture Gallery in the castle of Prague, the so-called Dudik-Inventory A from 1648 records seven fragments, which belonged to the Prague Altarpiece [Sronek, Hornickova 2010, 13]
  • presumably in the collection of the Margravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden-Baden (Inventory 1691) inherited from the Dukes of Saxony-Lauenburg
    [Renner 1941, 77, 214, pl. 2][1]
  • in the 18th century in the castle of Rastatt (Inventory of 1772, fol. 200: '1 Gemähld auf Holz mit goldnem grund, worauf ein Weibs-Persohn mit einer Schrift in der Hand, Nr. 11 von Albrecht Dürer.' (1 painting on wood with a golden background, showing a female figure and a text by the same hand as No. 11 by Albrecht Dürer.' )
    [Kircher 1955, 222][1]

[1][Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Exhibitions

  • Karlsruhe 1955, No. 297
  • Maastricht 2001
  • Prague 2005, No. 7d
  • Kuttnahora/Kuttenberg 2012
  • Düsseldorf 2017, No. 87

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2021 A 49
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Kemmer: Spuren künstlerischer Gestaltungsprozesse. Teil I: Lübeck
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages49-57
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Sandner 2021 76
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleDie Werkstattpraxis Lucas Cranach des Älteren
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages71-81
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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 182 No. 87
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 55, 57
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Tacke 2015 83
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleGleich dem Kaninchen vor der Schlange? Altgläubige und die Wittenberger Bildpropaganda.
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages82-90
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Moraht-Fromm 2010 31-32 10
AuthorAnna Moraht-Fromm
TitleDie Kunst der Beschneidung - beschnittene Kunst. Oder: wie man mit Kunst umgeht
JournalJahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Issue46 (2009/2010)
Year of Publication2010
Pages26-34
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Sronek, Hornickova 2010
AuthorMichal Sronek, Katerina Hornickova
TitleDer Cranach-Altar im Veitsdom - seine Entstehung und sein Untergang
JournalUmeni
Issue83, H. 1 (2010)
Year of Publication2010
Pages2-16
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Chamonikola 2005 A 7 (English version 3)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Under the sign of the winged Serpent
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages6-7 (3)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 58-60, 64 (English version 26-28) 7d Pl. p. 64
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Exhib. Cat. Maastricht 2001
EditorEliska Fucikova
TitleImperial paintings from Prague
Place of PublicationGhent
Year of Publication2001
Show Literature
Wittmann 1998 171
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages169-180
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 327, 371 148d
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Thümmel 1994 166, 168, 169 Fig. A110
AuthorHans Georg Thümmel
TitleLucas Cranachs Prager Altar
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages166-173
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978 137
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleThe Paintings of Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1978
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 89, 90
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
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Cat. Aschaffenburg 1964 36 under no. 1428
AuthorErnst Brochhagen, Gisela Goldberg, Christian A. zu Salm
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleGalerie Aschaffenburg Katalog
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1964
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1964 39
Authorn. a.
TitleAltdeutsche Meister aus der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
IssueRevised edition
Year of Publication1964
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Cat. Prague 1962
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleAlt-deutsche Meister: Von Hans von Tübingen bis Dürer und Cranach
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1962
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1958 40
Authorn. a.
TitleAltdeutsche Meister aus der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1958
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Kircher 1955 222
AuthorGerda Franziska Kircher
TitleDie Einrichtung des Rastatter Schlosses im Jahre 1772
JournalZeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
IssueBd.103, N.F.64 (1955)
Year of Publication1955
Pages205ff.
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Kircher 1949 222
AuthorGerda Franziska Kircher
TitleNeue Forschungen zur Porträt- und Sammlungsgeschichte der Zähringer
JournalZeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
Issue97 (NF 58), 1949
Year of Publication1949
Pages498
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Renner 1941
AuthorAnna Maria Renner
TitleDie Kunstinventare der Markgrafen von Baden-Baden
Place of PublicationBühl-Baden
Year of Publication1941
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 52 116
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Michaelson 1902 84
AuthorHedwig Michaelson
TitleLukas Cranach der Ältere. Untersuchung über die stilistische Entwicklung seiner Kunst
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1902
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Parthey 1863-1864 691 221
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Research History / Discussion

The mariological scene on the reverse of the panel can be dated to about 1600 according to the results of a technical examination of the painting. Remains of organic ornamentation and marbling were found beneath this paint layer (see: Sronek, Hornickova 2010, 3).

[Görres, cda 2012]

'Fragment of a former altarpiece from the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague created about 1520-1522 with workshop assistance. [...] According to Pesina the altarpiece was originally a triptych; with an 'Assumption of the Virgin crowned by Two Angels' on the central panel (the large fragment preserved in Prague is the lower part of this image), and the wing panels each depicted a pair of female saints [the fragment in Karlsruhe on the left, and the one in Aschaffenburg and the smaller fragment in Prague on the right). The exterior of the wing panels depicted the 'Annunciation of the Virgin'. According to Altgraf Salm and G. Goldberg (Cat. Aschaffenburg 1964) the subject of the altarpiece is more likely to be the Glorification of the Virgin and the intercession of the saints; evidently the invocations on the tablets each begin with a word, which evokes the depicted saint's name. [...]

Top right: part of a cloud formation with cherubs' heads. [...]

Reverse: fragment of an annunciation scene with the Virgin facing right'

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

  • Prague Altarpiece [left wing, fragement]: Female saint (Agnes?) with a page, about 1520 - 1522

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Technical studies

06.08.2012 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Paint Layers and Gilding

According to the results of a technical examination of the painting the mariological scene on the reverse of the panel can be dated to about 1600. Remains of organic ornamentation and marbling were found beneath this paint layer (see: Sronek, Hornickova 2010, 3).

[Görres, cda 2012]

  • written by Daniel Görres

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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